Paninternational was a

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leisure airline headquartered in

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with bases at Munich-Riem Airport and

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History

The airline was founded by Munich-based

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Paneuropa in 1968 as ''Panair'' and started operations on January 1, 1970. After commencing leisure operations within Europe using their new BAC 1-11-515FBs, Paninternational rapidly acquired two

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pre-owned by

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to expand into long-haul flights. It ceased operations already on October 6, 1971 in the aftermath of the accident of Flight 112, which gained large media attention and negative publicity.

Fleet

Paninternational operated the following aircraft:

Accident

Paninternational Flight 112 Paninternational Flight 112 was a BAC One-Eleven operated by German airline Paninternational that crashed in Hamburg on 6 September 1971 while attempting to land on an autobahn following the failure of both engines. The accident killed 22 passeng ...

: On September 6, 1971, a BAC 1-11-515FB (registered D-ALAR) was lost when it crash-landed on a highway shortly after takeoff from

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on its way to

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. 22 passengers and crew were killed in the incident, caused by an unintentional filling of the aircraft's engine water injection system with

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which led to a failure of both engines.

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History

Fleet

Accident

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